Blue Hawaii Colocasia esculenta

Description

“Pet poisonous” – Toxic parts: entire plant Colocasia esculenta is a tropical plant grown primarily for its edible corms, the root vegetables most commonly known as taro. It is the most widely cultivated species of several plants in the Araceae family which are used as vegetables for their corms, leaves, and petioles. Taro corms are a food staple in African, Oceanic and South Asian cultures, and taro is believed to have been one of the earliest cultivated plants. This plant and its root is generally called taro, but it has different names in different countries like for instance eddoe, or malanga. The plant is called tales in Java, taro in Tahiti, ndalo in Fiji, talo in Samoa, colcas in Arabic, kolokasi or kolokas in Cyprus, kalo in Hawaii and amateke in Rwanda :23 Taro is often referred to as "elephant ears" when grown as an ornamental plant.